Articles http://jta.org/news/ en rcsillag@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-11-20T16:30:00-05:00 The change has come to Jewish life in Eastern Europe http://jta.org/news/article/2009/11/19/1009307/the-change-has-come-to-jewish-life-in-eastern-europe http://jta.org/site/the-change-has-come-to-jewish-life-in-eastern-europe/#When:19:33:00Z Twenty years ago, Jewish life in Eastern Europe seemed on the verge of disappearing. Today it looks more like Jewish life in free societies the world over. Frontpage Sub Headline, World, Sub Headline 2009-11-19T19:33:00-05:00 Eastern Europe’s Jews now out of the shadows http://jta.org/news/article/2009/11/18/1009290/eastern-europes-jews-now-out-of-the-shadows http://jta.org/site/eastern-europes-jews-now-out-of-the-shadows/#When:20:47:00Z When the Cold War ended 20 years ago, Jewish communities in Eastern Europe were small, weak and generally veiled. Now Jewish life, culture, religious practice and ethnic identity are part of Europe's contemporary mosaic -- often unabashedly so. Frontpage Sub Headline, Jewish Life, Lead Headline 2009-11-18T20:47:00-05:00 A sea change in 20 years http://jta.org/news/article/2009/11/10/1009090/ruthless-cosmopolitan-a-sea-change-in-20-years http://jta.org/site/ruthless-cosmopolitan-a-sea-change-in-20-years/#When:16:12:00Z Before the Iron Curtain collapsed 20 years ago this month, being Jewish in Eastern Europe was no easy feat, recalls Ruth Ellen Gruber. Frontpage Sub Headline, Jewish Life, Sub Headline, World 2009-11-10T16:12:00-05:00 Holocaust memorials go up in Eastern Europe, with some flaws http://jta.org/news/article/2009/10/30/1008844/holocaust-memorials-go-up-in-e-europe-with-some-flaws http://jta.org/site/holocaust-memorials-go-up-in-e-europe-with-some-flaws/#When:13:45:00Z Some new monuments whose positioning and design make them prominent provide little or no information as to what they commemorate, but still are important as a permanent presence. Frontpage Sub Headline, Jewish Life, Sub Headline, World 2009-10-30T13:45:00-05:00 In Eastern Europe, advances toward accountability but more to do http://jta.org/news/article/2009/10/28/1008795/eastern-europes-reckoning-with-wartime-past-varies-widely http://jta.org/site/eastern-europes-reckoning-with-wartime-past-varies-widely/#When:15:32:00Z Since the fall of communism 20 years ago, Eastern European countries gradually have been memorializing the Holocaust, but the process of reckoning with the past remains far from complete. World, Sub Headline 2009-10-28T15:32:00-05:00